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John Zahary, a Professional Engineer with extensive senior management experience in the oil and natural gas industry, is Harvest's President & Chief Executive Officer. Prior to the merger of Harvest and Viking Energy Royalty Trust in February 2006, Mr. Zahary had been President & CEO of Viking since April 2004.
Prior thereto, he was President of Petrovera Resources, a 46,000 boe/d oil and natural gas producer with assets in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Previously, Mr. Zahary held senior positions at PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., Imperial Oil Limited and Texaco Canada Resources. Mr. Zahary is the Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Research Centre, Governor of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Past President of the Alberta Chamber of Resources, and Chairman of the Alberta Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee. Mr. Zahary holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary and a M.Phil. in Management from the University of Oxford. | 